Josef Stutz was a member of the Swiss National Council

National Council of Switzerland

The National Council of Switzerland is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. With 200 seats, it is the larger of the two houses....

 from 1932 until 1947 for the Conservative Party (Katholisch-Konservative Partei, today CVP

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...

), founder, in 1911, of the Swiss Fruit Traders Association (now Schweizerischer Obstverband) and Director of the then newly established Farming School of the Canton of Zug (Landwirtschaftliche Winterschule Zug) from 1917 to 1947.
He was born in Schongau

Schongau, Switzerland

Schongau is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.-Geography:Schongau has an area of . Of this area, 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

 (LU

Canton of Lucerne

Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...

) and died at the age of 71 in Zug

Zug

Zug , is a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name ‘Zug’ originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to ‘pull up’ fishing nets and hence to the right to fish.The city of Zug is located in the Canton of Zug and is its capital...

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External links

• Schweizerischer Obstverband